The inaugural Cirencester Business Awards were held at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester.

Anne-Marie Russell, Lisa Ash, Tony Knight and Rebecca Young of the Cirencester Friendly Society receive the award for Business of the year (wuth more than 25 staff) from Adam Baggs of Soaring Worldwide and BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Vernon Harwood.

The inaugural Cirencester Business Awards were held at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester. Organised by the Cirencester Chamber of Commerce, the awards were designed to recognise the hard work of Cirencester businesses. Cotswold Life was proud to be one of two media partners for the event.

Words by Ceri McQueen. Photography by Shaun Thompson

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The Cirencester Business Awards

Anne-Marie Russell, Lisa Ash, Tony Knight and Rebecca Young of the Cirencester Friendly Society receive the award for Business of the year (wuth more than 25 staff) from Adam Baggs of Soaring Worldwide and BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Vernon Harwood.

Diana and Matthew Short of Lick the Spoon receive the award for Businees of the year (with less than 25 staff) from Mike Johnson of Morris Owen and BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Vernon Harwood.

Benita Sutton-Cegarra receives the business person of the year award from Marc Brown of C-4-B and BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Vernon Harwood.

Geoffrey Carr of Corinium Radio receives the Cotswold Life Cirencester Ambassador Award from Karen Cross of Cotswold Life and BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Vernon Harwood.

Mark Yemm and Stephen Fitzpatrick of Ovo Energy receive the award for Sustainable Business of the year from Helen Bassett of Cirencester Chamber of Commerce and BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Vernon Harwood.

Carol Shirley of Sue Ryder Care receives the award for team of the year from Simon Musgrove-Wethey of Cirencester Chamber of Commerce and BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Vernon Harwood.

Paul West and Mark Allen of Neon Play receive the award for Outstanding Innovation of the year from Simon King of the Royal Agricultural College and BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Vernon Harwood.

David Roebuck of McDonalds receives the Hospitality and Business Tourism provider of the year from Karen Gaisford of Cirencester Chamber of Commerce and BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Vernon Harwood.

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